Urechidae (commonly known as "fat innkeeper" or "penis fish")[3][4] is a family of spoonworms in the subclass Echiura. The only genus in the family is Urechis, which has four species.
| Urechidae | |
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| Urechis unicinctus at a market in Korea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Subclass: | Echiura |
| Order: | Echiuroidea |
| Family: | Urechidae Monro, 1927[2] |
| Genus: | Urechis Seitz, 1907[1] |
| Species | |
Species
editThe World Register of Marine Species includes these species in this genus:-[1]
- Urechis caupo Fisher & MacGinitie, 1928
- Urechis chilensis (M. Müller, 1852)
- Urechis novaezealandiae (Dendy, 1898)
- Urechis unicinctus (Drasche, 1880)
References
edit- ^ a b van der Land, Jacob; Murina, Galina Vansetti (2012). "Urechis Seitz, 1907". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ Tanaka, Masaatsu (2017). "Urechidae Monro, 1927". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ Parr, Ivan (11 December 2019). "Ask the Naturalist | What Caused this Mass Worm Stranding?". Baynature.org. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
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